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The agenda is jam-packed tonight and the meeting likely to be extended beyond the allocated two hours.
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The President of the Ramblers will be joining the celebratory walk on the new Totland seawall path on Sunday afternoon. All are welcome to join in the celebrations.
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It'll be several months before the path along the Totland seawall due to the Totland landslide can be reopened say council
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Whether the call-in will delay work going on behind the scenes to prepare reports due to go to the October Executive for both Undercliff Drive and Totland Seawall is not yet known. We've asked and are awaiting a response.
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Residents are keen for a speedy solution to their current situation, but told OnTheWight they felt the meeting was a 'waste of time' and 'not worthwhile being there'.
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Sally is at County Hall, reporting live from the Executive meeting that is making decisions on many of the Island's most contentious subjects. Follow the updates as they happen.
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There'll be live music and you can learn more about the 35 million years of biodiversity on the landslip, from prehistoric lake and estuary snails to today’s mining bees and orchids.
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A leaked set of email exchanges in front of all IWC councillors asks why Cllr Gilbey and Priest involved themselves at all with the Rush Close controversy after Head of Legal had advised not to. The chair of Scrutiny questions the extent of their 'acquaintanceships'.
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Members were asked last night to decide from one of four options to tackle the Totland seawall landslide.
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As many feared, the proposed changes to parking on the Isle of Wight was voted through last night, but with one councillor notably against most of the proposals.
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Some residents who have been affected by the landslip at Undercliff Drive say they've not been given any detail or timetables as to what is happening - leaving them stranded, out of their homes. OnTheWight sought to find answers for them.
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The Shanklin councillors say they're following advice from the monitoring officer and not attending the call-in of the council paper they've previously declared an interest in, but chair of the Scrutiny Committee says non-attendance will be seen as a 'cop out'.
